Re: [RFC v2 1/4] bridge: enable interfaces to opt out from becoming the root bridge

2014-02-18 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:59:37 -0800 > "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > >> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" >> >> It doesn't make sense for some interfaces to become a root bridge >> at any point in time. One example is virtual backend interfaces >

Re: [RFC v2 1/4] bridge: enable interfaces to opt out from becoming the root bridge

2014-02-16 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:59:37 -0800 "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > It doesn't make sense for some interfaces to become a root bridge > at any point in time. One example is virtual backend interfaces > which rely on other entities on the bridge for actual physical > co

Re: [RFC v2 1/4] bridge: enable interfaces to opt out from becoming the root bridge

2014-02-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 18:59 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > It doesn't make sense for some interfaces to become a root bridge I think you mean 'root port'. > at any point in time. One example is virtual backend interfaces > which rely on other entities on the bri